No effect of prefrontal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on food craving, food reward and subjective appetite in females displaying mild-to-moderate binge-type behaviour See

Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Previous work suggests there may be an effect of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on appetite control in people at risk of overconsumption, however findings are inconsistent. This study aimed to further understand the potential eating behaviour...

Still There: Politics, Sectarianism and the Reverberations of War in the Presences and Absences of the Syrian State See

What gets displaced in war, even when people don't move? How does conflict transform and reverberate among those still there? And, what can sectarianism tell us about state power in war and in occupation? To answer, we theorize and problematize the relationship of sectarianism&...

Queer Necropolitics: Experiences of LGBTQI+ Asylum Claimants During Covid-19 in the UK See

Copyright © The Author 2022. The aim of this article is to discuss how the covid-19 pandemic exacerbates inequalities and social isolation by examining the UK Government approach to providing asylum claimants’ access to safe accommodation and health services on the one hand, and&#x...

Queer motherhood in the context of legal precarity: experiences of lesbian mothers seeking asylum in Germany See

Copyright © 2022 The Author. This article focuses on the everyday experiences of lesbian asylum claimants in southern Germany who engage in practices of ‘mothering from a distance’ and/or who decide to have children while their asylum decision is still pending. The aim of ...

Queering migration temporalities: LGBTQI+ experiences with waiting within Germany’s asylum system See

Copyright © 2022 The Author. Since 2016, the European Union has made further efforts to streamline and simplify the procedure for international refugee protection. Despite this, asylum claimants in Europe often wait up to four years (or even longer) for a final decision. This ...

Exploring how prisoners experience work: A discursive practice approach See

Studies on prison work have long held the view that giving inmates the chance to work influences their lives and forms a critical component in their rehabilitation. Thus, the frequently touted benefits of prison work include but are not limited to, reducing idleness, financial ...

High-speed optical mapping of heart and brain voltage activities in zebrafish larvae exposed to environmental contaminants See

Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). Environmental contaminants represent a poorly understood ecotoxicological and health risk. Here, we advanced a high-speed optical mapping (OM) technique to non-invasively track voltage dynamics in living zebrafish larvae’s heart and brain and investigate the effects...

Additive Manufacturing and the Construction Industry See

Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). Additive manufacturing (AM), including 3D printing, has the potential to transform the construction industry. AM allows the construction industry to use complex and innovative geometries to build an object, building block, wall, or frame from a computer m...

An Insight into Durability, Electrical Properties and Thermal Behavior of Cementitious Materials Engineered with Graphene Oxide: Does the Oxidation Degree Matter? See

Copyright © 2023 by the authors. Due to global environmental concerns related to climate change, the need to improve the service life of structures and infrastructures is imminently urgent. Structural elements typically suffer service life reductions, leading to poor environmental sustainability&...